Queen of Tarot

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Tarot Reading john call me; met me; 10 7 1968

Reading Performed 02/09/2013 at 9:18 AM

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The Meanings of these Tarot Cards

This Covers You

This card gives the influence which is affecting the person or matter of inquiry generally, the atmosphere of it in which the other currents work.

Nine of Cups from the Alleged Tarot Deck

Card Meaning When Upright

happines, optimism, hospitality

A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings

Of good augury for military men.

This Crosses You

It shows the nature of the obstacles in the matter. If it is a favourable card, the opposing forces will not be serious, or it may indicate that something good in itself will not be productive of good in the particular connexion.

The Fool from the Alleged Tarot Deck

Card Meaning When Upright

sponteneity, trust, taking a risk

A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings

The Fool, Mate, or Unwise Man. Court de Gebelin places it at the head of the whole series as the zero or negative which is presupposed by numeration, and as this is a simpler so also it is a better arrangement. It has been abandoned because in later times the cards have been attributed to the letters of the Hebrew alphabet, and there has been apparently some difficulty about allocating the zero symbol satisfactorily in a sequence of letters all of which signify numbers. In the present reference of the card to the letter Shin, which corresponds to 200, the difficulty or the unreason remains. The truth is that the real arrangement of the cards has never transpired. The Fool carries a wallet; he is looking over his shoulder and does not know that he is on the brink of a precipice; but a dog or other animal--some call it a tiger--is attacking him from behind, and he is hurried to his destruction unawares. Etteilla has given a justifiable variation of this card--as generally understood--in the form of a court jester, with cap, bells and motley garb. The other descriptions say that the wallet contains the bearer's follies and vices, which seems bourgeois and arbitrary.

This Crowns You

It represents (a) the Querent €™s aim or ideal in the matter; (b) the best that can be achieved under the circumstances, but that which has not yet been made actual.

Nine of Swords from the Alleged Tarot Deck

Card Meaning When Upright

despair, depression, mental anguish

A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings

An ecclesiastic, a priest; generally, a card of bad omen.

This is Beneath You

It shows the foundation or basis of the matter, that which has already passed into actuality and which the Significator has made his own.

Nine of Coins from the Alleged Tarot Deck

Card Meaning When Upright

material gain, security achieved through effort

A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings

Prompt fulfillment of what is presaged by neighbouring cards. Reversed:Vain hopes.

This is Behind You

It gives the influence that is just passed, or is now passing away.

Temperance from the Alleged Tarot Deck

Card Meaning When Upright

balanced personality, tactfulness

A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings

Temperance. The winged figure of a female--who, in opposition to all doctrine concerning the hierarchy of angels, is usually allocated to this order of ministering spirits--is pouring liquid from one pitcher to another. In his last work on the Tarot, Dr. Papus abandons the traditional form and depicts a woman wearing an Egyptian head-dress. The first thing which seems clear on the surface is that the entire symbol has no especial connexion with Temperance, and the fact that this designation has always obtained for the card offers a very obvious instance of a meaning behind meaning, which is the title in chief to consideration in respect of the Tarot as a whole.

This is Before You

It shows the influence that is coming into action and will operate in the near future.

Three of Clubs from the Alleged Tarot Deck

Card Meaning When Upright

creative ideas, laying plans, luck

A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings

A very good card; collaboration will favour enterprise.

Your Self

Signifies the person or thing about which the question has been asked, and shows its position or attitude in the circumstances.

King of Cups from the Alleged Tarot Deck

Card Meaning When Upright

a sociable, loving, sensuous man

A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings

Beware of ill-will on the part of a man of position, and of hypocrisy pretending to help.

Your House

Your environment and the tendencies at work therein which have an effect on the matter €”for instance, your position in life, the influence of immediate friends, and so forth.

Nine of Clubs from the Alleged Tarot Deck

Card Meaning When Upright

strength, courageous persistence

A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings

Generally speaking, a bad card.

Your Hopes and Fears

The Moon from the Alleged Tarot Deck

Card Meaning When Upright

confusion, depression, deception

A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings

The Moon. Some eighteenth-century cards shew the luminary on its waning side; in the debased edition of Etteilla, it is the moon at night in her plenitude, set in a heaven of stars; of recent years the moon is shewn on the side of her increase. In nearly all presentations she is shining brightly and shedding the moisture of fertilizing dew in great drops. Beneath there are two towers, between which a path winds to the verge of the horizon. Two dogs, or alternatively a wolf and dog, are baying at the moon, and in the foreground there is water, through which a crayfish moves towards the land.

The Final Result

The culmination which is brought about by the influences shewn by the other cards that have been turned up in the divination.

Ten of Cups from the Alleged Tarot Deck

Card Meaning When Upright

fulfilment, joy, happy family

A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings

For a male Querent, a good marriage and one beyond his expectations.

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